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Re: [OM] Virus Alert: ""Anna"" Virus (fwd)

Subject: Re: [OM] Virus Alert: ""Anna"" Virus (fwd)
From: Charles Sdunek <csdunek@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 23:16:26 -0500
Guess my last message wasnt to important...  everyone knows already.

Charles

Acer V wrote:

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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 16:10:32 -0500 (EST)
> From: CNET Virus Alert Dispatch <Cnet_Virus_Alert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: siddim01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Virus Alert: ""Anna"" Virus
>
> Virus Alert
> A newsletter from CNET Help.com
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> February 12, 2001
>
> ***************************************************
> Virus Alert: "Anna" Virus
>
> There's a new virus spamming the world. VBS/SST, also known as
> the "Anna" virus, has some of the same characteristics as last year's
> ILOVEYOU worm; namely, it sends itself to others using addresses
> from your Microsoft Outlook address book. Antivirus software companies
> are still investigating this new worm. We do know that "Anna" is a mass
> mailer: once you open the attachment, VBS/SST spawns new messages
> containing the virus and sends them off to everyone listed in your
> Microsoft Outlook address book. Consequently, "Anna" has the capacity
> to overload e-mail servers.
>
> This new VBS virus arrives via e-mail with the following information:
>
> Subject: Here you have, ;o)
> Body: Hi: Check This!
> Attached: AnnaKournikova.jpg.vbs
>
> Clicking on the attachment activates the worm. To protect yourself,
> don't open any suspicious email attachments. Also, make sure you have
> the latest antivirus definitions running on your system.
>
> Click here for a complete description of the "Anna" worm:
> http://two.digital.cnet.com/cgi-bin2/flo?y=eBU80BKfkA0Cv0aSdf
>
> Grab the latest antivirus software from CNET Download.com:
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